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"J. OOHN.

Spittoom Patented Sept. 21', I880.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH OOHN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPITTOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.-232,391, datedSeptember 21, 1880.

Application filed February 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH (JOHN, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements relating to Spittoons, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The device is intended for use in hospitals and sick-rooms. It saves thepatient the necessity of raising his head to expectorate.

I make the spittoon in a flat form conven ient for lying in any positionin the bed.

The construction is peculiarly adapted to retain the contents underthese peculiar conditions except when the plug is removed. It is theneasy to thoroughly clean it.

The accompanying drawings'fornl a part of this specification andrepresent the device in two positions.

Figure'l is a central vertical section, showing the device upright, asit will generally be used. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section with thedevice in the directly-inverted position.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both the figures.

A is a fiat conoidal vessel, with a. neck, a, at its smaller end adaptedto receive a tight-fitting plug, B.

I) is a smaller cone, open at both ends and fitted centrally in thelarge end of the cone A. The large end of the smaller cone Dis formedwith a smooth internal lip, D, extending quite around. The outline ishollowed to adapt it to fit to the mouth. The patient in using it spitswith some force; but if all does not go through the small end of thecone D, and a part lodges on the interior thereof, the lip D retains itin any position in which the vessel may be afterward placed. Any of thefluid or semi-fluid mattcrpassin g th rough the small end (I of the coneD is afterward retained in any position of the vessel by reason of thefact that the orifice d is near the center of the vessel, and thatthelarge end of the cone A gives the same space, or about the samespace, exterior to the cone D as the other end. In short, when thevessel A is anythingless than halffull it may be laid in any positionwithout s1;)illing its contents. 011 removing the plug B and holding thevessel upright the contents are discharged, and it is. easy tothoroughly rinse and scald the entire interior. All parts of the vesselcan also be reached by a swab entered through the orifice a.

I have in my experlnents use'd tinned sheetiron as the material. Ipropose to use glass as the material for the whole ora part.

I elaimas my invention 1. The compound vessel described, having the flatconical body A, in combination with the conical mouth -piece D andaplug, B,

adapted to serve as herein specified.

2. The hollow-ended mouth-piece D, having an internal lip, D, incombination with a vessel or body, A, and with provisions for emptyingand cleaning, as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at New York cityaforesaid, this 24th day of February, 1880, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH QOHN.

Witnesses:

'H. A. JOHNSTONE, CHARLES C. STETsoN.

